Typographical magazine



May 3, 1932. J. w. SH|ELDS ET AL TYPOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE Filed July 19,1930 4 Sheets-Sheet INVENTORS, r/Mrz hf Jkz'elds,

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y 3, 1932- J. w. SHIELDS ET AL 1,856,515

TYPQGRAPHI CAL MAGA Z INE ATTORNEY.

Patented May 3, 1932 'UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN W. SHTELDS OFBRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, AND ARGHIBALD SHIELDS, OF

' BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE Application filed July 19,1930. Serial No. 469,008.

Our invention relates to improvements in typographical magazines,usedfor the storage of the matrices which are used in a machine of this typein the casting of type in lines. At the present time, a magazine,containing the matrices, is removably attached to a linotype, intertype,or similar machine, holding the matrices for a certain kind of type,and, when it becomes necessary to make a change in the type face cast bythe machine, the magazine must be removed, and another one put on themachine, or the matrices removed from the magazineand other matricessubstituted. 1

An object of our invention is to provide a series of storage magazines,in which the vari ous types of matrices may be stored, and

means for quickly and easily transferring the matrices from the regularmagazine used on the machine, to and from the storage magazines. 1

e accomplish this object by the use of a specially constructed table orframe, equipped with mechanism to operate various devices on thestandard magazines, and adapted to both support'a-nd align the standardmagazine and storage magazine in such away that, when the table or frameis tipped forward or backward, the matrices will slide freely from onemagazine into the other.

In the drawings, the standard magazine of the intertype machine isillustrated, but it will be readily understood that our invention isadaptable to any type of magazine now in use.

A preferred form of our invention is illustrated in the acco panyingdrawings, in which: I v

Fig. 1 is a side'elevational view of the tiltable table or frame, withthe magazines sup ported'thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the table tipped' showing the magazines inplace.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. r

Fig. 4 is a detail side elevational View of the lock bar used with thestorage magazine.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the matrix releasing mechanism employed withthe matrix lock on the standard magazine.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view of the releasing mechanism employedwith the cover onthe back of the standard magazine, taken on line 77 ofFig. 8.

Fig. 8 is an elevational View of the mechanism shown in Fig. 7 lookingfrom the right.

Fig. 9 is a sectional View on the line 99 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of the pivotal support for the tabletop.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the lower part of the table top, showing meansfor centering the standard magazine thereon, and

Fig. 12 is a detail View of the positioning brackets for the coverreleasing levers.

Referring to the drawings in detail, in which like numerals refer tolike parts throughout The table top, or frame 1, is pivotally supportedby means of the studs 2 on standards or legs 3, only one of which isshown. 4 indicates stop members having inclined faces 5 corresponding tothe angle at which the standard magazine is mounted in the type castingmachine and secured to the legs 3 with the bolts 6. Angle-shaped cradles7, or irons, arescrewed to the opposite side of the frame 1, asindicated with the screws 8, and having depending lugs or extensions 9,which receive the pins 2, on the standards 3 for connecting the frame 1and legs 3. The frame 1 comprises the side stiles 10, top cross bar orstile 11, bottom rail 12, and intermediate cross braces, rails, or bars13, 14 and 15.

A matrix magazine, used on a type casting machine, is supported on thelower half of the frame 1. The magazine shown in the drawings is thatused with the intertype the strips 24, in which the matrices 25 are"slidably mounted and guided. These rooves,

as shown, are tapered at the end, 26, to

facilitate the filling of the same,v with matrices. In order to preventthe matrices from'shdmg outof the magazlne, while it is being handled,it is equipped with an escapement-mechanism at or near. its lower end22, consisting of a series ofescapement levers 27, one for each. groove,which ens gage the first row of matrices and thereby prevent them fromslidingi'o utfi The upper open end 22 .ofthe magazine 16 is protected bythe gate or. cover. 28, which is formed with a bottom flange 29,.(see'l. ..ig. 8), to which there is:.securedltwo flat springs 30, whichare-inturn secured attheir opposite ends to the cross bar 31 of themagazine 16. The gate, or' cover 28,.is also formedewith two earsOI'I'tOP flanges 32,.which are engaged by the' safety latches33,.pivotally secured to the side channelss-19 oftthe magazinel6fofithe'pins- 34. The latches 33 are held iii-engagement with theflanges or ears 32 with the springs 35, thereby maintaining the gate orcover 28 in a closed position over theopen: end 21 of the magazine 16.

The standard magazine is equipped with a centering bar 36, (see Fig.6),usedito center the-magazine on. the type-making machine. Two centeringbars '37,. (see Fig: 11) are secured tog-thecross rails 14' and 15,.and'the bar 36- fits. in the space 381b'etw'een them,

frame 1...

thereby. centering the magazine on the When a is desired to either finerempty a standard magazine with matrices, it is placed'on theframe 1.A'storage magazine,

39, is placed on the upperpart ofthe'frame 1, 'anda short,connecting'cover or bridging plate member issecured to the framebe'tween the standard magazine 16 andthe storage magazine 39. This magazine"is formed with top plate41, bottom plate 42, side chan nels 43, endchannel 44, partitions 45,'and grooves, 46,. the grooves 46 registeringin spacing and widths with the grooves 23 of magazine is handled.

the standardmagazine16, (see The partitions eXtendbeyo-nd the .end .47of the storagemagazine 39,.a-nd are formed with holes 48- in theextensions 49. A rod, 50 (see Fig.4) is inserte'dinthe holes48 toprevent the: matrices. from sliding out, when the V hen the storagemagazme 39 1s placed on the frame 1, .this

rod is pulled out, leaving the matrices free the magazines. It is alsoformed with pan titions 51 and grooves 52, the grooves 52 reg isteringin spacing and width with the grooves 46 of the storage magazine, andbeing tapered at the ends 53 to register with the tapered grooves 23of-the standardmagazine 16. The member 40 is madeof metal to avoid fastwearingin the tapered grooves, and acts as a transfer entrance or bridge3 between the two magazines.

Before 1 transferring matrices from the standard magazine to the storagemagazine, or vice versa, it is necessary to release the escapement ormechanism 27 and the gate or cover 28. The locking mechanism is releasedby means ofaubar-54 which rests eon-anaeccentric shaft-55. This shaftissupported inrthe bearings 56,; and a crank57 is secured to an end 58of the-shaft 55. When the crank 57 turned, the eccentriczshaft raisesthe bar .54, which in turn lifts the tails--58 of-the pivoted escapementfingers 27 ,Ithereby tipping the ends59 of the escapement fingersj'27downs ward out .of engagement with the end matrices 25. The endrow of,matrices, is then free to slide. The gateor cover 28 .i'sfreed from theend 21 of. the standard magazine. by

being pushed downward .outof the way, .as

shown in Fig. 3. A cover plate GOispi-votally secured to thesiderails-lO of theframe 1 by means of the transverse shaft, {or rod 61.A U shaped strap 62 is secured to the cover bythe screw 63, movable inthe slot 64 in this lever. The longer end 62 of the-U,-

shaped strap 62; is guided in .an upward and downward direction by theguide strips, 66 and 67.

In the normal, or raised position, the short er 'end 68 of. the.U-shaped strap 62 rests againstthe lower end 69 of thesafetylatch 33.The handle end 70, v(see Fig. .12)'.of the lever 60 rests in the notch71ofthe block 72, which is secured to the side rails 10 by thescrews 73.

When it is desired to'lower the gateorcover 38, the lever. handle 70 ispushed. outward slightly, disengaging it from. the; shoulder, or notch71, then downwardly, until it is again engaged in thelower notch 7 4 oftheblock 72. This downward movement 'ofthe. lever 7 0,

(see arrow 7 0 Fig. 1) ,forces the U-shaped strap 62 downward. The end68,- hearing againstthe end.69. of' the safety latch 33, tips the latterbut of engagement with the. earr32 ofthegate cover .28.v a a V The end68continues downward,.impinging on or engaging the lower flange-29. ofthe-cover 28, and pushesit downward into the recess 75 out in the rail16 to receive it. In -this 'position, the gateorcover 28 is?free ofktheend 21 0f the standard magazine, and the matrices 25 are free to slide,either into or out of the standard magazine 16, thru the bridging member40, from or into the storage magazine 39. The cross rail 14 is notchedat 7 6 to allow for the downward movement of the springs 30.

At the top of the frame 1, a cross piece 77 is 1 secured to the top rail11 by the screws 7 8.

Wedge-shaped notches 79 are formed in this cross piece. A bar 80, formedwith the wedgeshaped extensions 81 and handle 82, is slidably mounted onthe top rail 11, with the extensions 81 engaging in the notches 79. Whenthe magazines are placed on the table, and the gate or cover 28 moveddownward, and the rod 50 removed, the bar 80 is pulled against thenotches 79 with the handle 82, thereby forcing the storage magazine 39,bridging member 40, and standard magazine 16 into close engagement witheach other. At the same time, the frame 16 is moved against the end bar12. In operation, if it is desired to fill a standard magazine from astorage magazine, they are placed on the frame; the locking mechanismandv the gate or cover 28 released; the rod 50 removed from the storagemagazine; the wedge bar 80 pulled into place; and the frame is tippedinto the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The matrices slide fromthe storage magazine, thru the bridge or transfer, into the standardmagazine. The locking mechanism and cover are returned to normalposition, the wedge bar released, and the standard magazine with itsload of matrices removed from the frame.

If it is desired to empty a standard magazine into a storage magazine,the same program is followed, except the frame is tipped into theposition shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The matrices then slide fromthe standard magazine, thru the transfer member, into the storagemagazine; the wedge bar is released; the rod 50 inserted in the holes49; and the storage magazine is removed from the frame.

l/Vhat we claim is:

1. In an apparatus for the purpose described, in combination, a mainframe member, a support therefor, means for pivotally supporting themain frame member on the support to permitit to tilt in oppositedirections, means for limiting the tilting movement, the frame memberbeing designed to receive two matrix receiving frames having grooves toreceive the matrices in an aligned relation to each other, the matricesbeing normally retained against movement in one ma trix frame by a latchdevice, an eccentrically mounted shaft for actuating the latch device,for releasing the matrices, when the main frame is tilted, a secondlatch or cover device located at the opposite end of a matrix frame,means for operating the second latch, whereby the matriceswill betransferred from one aligned frame to the other. I

2. In an apparatus for the purpose described, a main supporting frame,means for pivotally supporting the main frame, two matrix receivingframes mounted on the main frame, each of the matrix receiving frameshaving aligned grooves to receive the matrices, means for retaining saidframes on the main frame, comprisin a slidable bar formed withprojections, a fixed bar on the main frame formed with recesses forreceiving the said rejections, whereby, when the slidable bar isoperated, the two matrix frames will be forced toward each other, atransfer or bridge piece adjacent the ends of the two frames, a gatemember normally closing the discharge end of one frame, means foractuating the discharge member, when matrices are to be transferred fromone frame to another comprising a rotatable latch, a vertically slidablemember having a depending end for operating the latch to release thegate member, means for operating the vertically movable membercomprising a lever having an elongated slot therein to receive a pin onthe vertically movable member, the lever member being pivotally attachedto the main frame, whereby, when the main frame is tilted, the matriceswill be transferred from one matrix member to the other.

3. In an apparatus for the purpose described, a tiltably supported mainframe, means for limiting the tilting movement in opposite directions, amagazine frame and a storage frame for matrices supported on the mainframe, means for moving the frames into close relation, so that thegrooves in the two frames are in alignment, a latch for normallyretaining the matrices against release in one frame, an eccentricallymounted shaft for operating the latch, the main frame having a recessformed therein, a gate or cover for closing the end of one of the matrixframes, means for moving the gate into the recess of the main framecomprising a U- shaped member slidably mounted on the main frame, alatch which normally retains the gate in closed position, one end of theU- shaped member being normally in contact with the latch to move thesame against the latch apparatus, and to open the gate member, and meansfor operating the U-shaped member comprising a lever pivoted to the mainframe and means for retaining the lever in either its operative orinoperative position.

4. In an apparatus for transferring matrices from one frame to another,as a storage magazine, comprising a main supporting frame, means fortiltably mounting said frame on a support, said matrix receiving framesbeing mounted on the main tiltable frame, the adjacent ends of the saidframes being in alignment, means for normally closing the passagewayfrom one frame to another, means for operating the closing meanscomprising a pivotally mounted latch mounted on the'closing means, aslidable: member ing the slidable member to rotate the latchleverattached 'to the main frame, a notched mnember secured torthe mamframe and hav- 7 normally engaging the latch means foractuatbut of itsengagementwith the gate member ancl for moving the-gate member clear ofthe passageway, means for retaining the gate member'in th1s openposltlon comprlsmg a ingoppositely disposed notches for retainingthegate'member, either in its opener closed 'POSltlOll.

JOHN W. SHIELDS- ARGHIBALD SHIELDS.

